//Test1
List<String> list1 = new ArrayList<String>(); list1.add("Elem1"); list1.add("Elem2"); Map<List<String>, String> map = new HashMap<List<String>, String>(); map.put(list1, "Can get value."); System.out.println("Elements of list1: "+list1); List<String> list2 = new ArrayList<String>(); list2.add("Elem1"); list2.add("Elem2"); System.out.println("Elements of list2: "+list1); System.out.println("Test1. Get value from HashMap(Key: list1) by the key list2: "+map.get(list2)+"\n"); //Test2 list1 = new ArrayList<String>(); list1.add("Elem1"); map = new HashMap<List<String>, String>(); map.put(list1, "Can get value.");//list1 only one element, and it's hash code is 67040897 list1.add("Elem2");//Add one element, even though ArrayList is a kinds of reference type, but map keys' hash code not change. System.out.println("Elements of list1: "+list1); list2 = new ArrayList<String>(); list2.add("Elem1"); list2.add("Elem2"); System.out.println("Elements of list2: "+list2); System.out.println("Test2. Get value from HashMap(Key: list1) by the key list2: "+map.get(list2)+"\n"); //Test3 list1 = new ArrayList<String>(); list1.add("Elem1"); map = new HashMap<List<String>, String>(); map.put(list1, "Can get value."); list1.add("Elem2"); System.out.println("Elements of list1: "+list1); Map<List<String>, String> tempMap = new HashMap<List<String>, String>(); tempMap.putAll(map);//Will be recalculate the keys' hash code list2 = new ArrayList<String>(); list2.add("Elem1"); list2.add("Elem2"); System.out.println("Elements of list2: "+list2); System.out.println("Test3. Get value from HashMap(Key: list1) by the key list2: "+tempMap.get(list2));